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John Viega - The Myths of Security: What the Computer Security Industry Doesn't Want You to Know - 9780596523022 - V9780596523022
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The Myths of Security: What the Computer Security Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

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Description for The Myths of Security: What the Computer Security Industry Doesn't Want You to Know Paperback. Reports on the sorry state of the IT security industry and offers suggestions for professionals confronting the issue. This book tells you: why it's easier for bad guys to 'own' your computer than you think; why anti-virus software doesn't work well - and one simple way to fix it; five steps for fixing application security, and more. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 266. What the Computer Security Industry Doesn't Want You to Know. 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Reports on the sorry state of the IT security industry and offers suggestions for professionals confronting the issue. This book tells you: why it's easier for bad guys to 'own' your computer than you think; why anti-virus software doesn't work well - and one simple way to fix it; five steps for fixing application security, and more. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: UR. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight: 266.
If you think computer security has improved in recent years, The Myths of Security will shake you out of your complacency. Longtime security professional John Viega, formerly Chief Security Architect at McAfee, reports on the sorry state of the industry, and offers concrete suggestions for professionals and individuals confronting the issue. Why is security so bad? With many more people online than just a few years ago, there are more attackers -- and they're truly motivated. Attacks are sophisticated, subtle, and harder to detect than ever. But, as Viega notes, few people take the time to understand the situation and protect themselves accordingly. This book tells you: * Why it's easier for bad guys to "own" your computer than you think * Why anti-virus software doesn't work well -- and one simple way to fix it * Whether Apple OS X is more secure than Windows * What Windows needs to do better * How to make strong authentication pervasive * Why patch management is so bad * Whether there's anything you can do about identity theft * Five easy steps for fixing application security, and more Provocative, insightful, and always controversial, The Myths of Security not only addresses IT professionals who deal with security issues, but also speaks to Mac and PC users who spend time online.

Product Details

Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Sebastopol, United States
ISBN
9780596523022
SKU
V9780596523022
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About John Viega
John Viega is CTO of the SaaS Business Unit at McAfee, his second stint at McAfee. Previously, he was their Chief Security Architect, after which he founded and served as CEO of Stonewall Software, which focused on making anti-virus technology faster, better and cheaper. John was also the founder of Secure Software (now part of Fortify). John is author of many security books, including Building Secure Software (Addison-Wesley), Network Security with OpenSSL (O'Reilly), and the forthcoming Myths of Security (O'Reilly). He is responsible for numerous software security tools and is the original author of Mailman, the GNU mailing list manager. He has done extensive standards work in the IEEE and IETF and co-invented GCM, a cryptographic algorithm that NIST has standardized. John is also an active advisor to several security companies, including Fortify and Bit9. He holds a MS and BA from the University of Virginia.

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